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US President Donald Trump, in an extraordinary defence of his mental capacity and fitness for office, described himself on Saturday as a “genius”, after a new book suggested that top White House aides feared he was unfit for the job.
In a series of Twitter messages that seemed to respond to revelations in author Michael Wolff’s new book “Fire and Fury”, Trump defended himself by charting his rise to the presidency, saying one of his chief assets throughout his life was “being, like, really smart”.
Trump cited his career in business and reality television and his victory in last year’s election as evidence of his mental prowess.
He again lashed out at the ongoing special counsel investigation into his campaign’s contacts with Russian operatives, calling suggestions that he colluded with Moscow a “total hoax on the American public”.
The book included depictions by top White House staff members painting Trump as an “uninformed and at times erratic President”, the Washington Post reported.
